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Perry, Georgia, USA
(2009 – present)

Washed Out is Ernest Greene, a young guy from Perry, Georgia, USA who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative.

There’s a sense of longing and distance in Greene’s somber, filtered vocals, but it’s what he does compositionally that makes Washed Out stand out. Backed by gently pulsing, Balearic-tinged disco, Greene’s voice takes on a new dimension. Reminiscent of groups like The Glass and Chromatics, Washed Out is the music to end your night with, when the city is quiet and you’ve got a long walk home ahead of you.

2009

Washed Out track “Feel It Around” is the famous introduction and theme song to IFC’s television series “Portlandia”. (added 2014)

I still feel like Within and Without stands as the best of chillwave and also outside of it because of the emotional effect of the compositions. Melodies are beautiful and sad and not just there to be laid-back. Undoubtedly head and shoulders above Life of Leisure and pretty much all other albums in the chill ass genre